DRUMMER TEAMS UP WITH GUITAR CENTER ON MAJOR PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH LEARNING DISABILITIES

MAJOR MUSIC INDUSTRY PROGRAM

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
OCTOBER 13, 2003
CONTACT: OWEN KENNEDY(973)725-5150

DRUMMER TEAMS UP WITH GUITAR CENTER ON MAJOR PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES

New Jersey (October 14, 2003) Music industry veteran Pat Gesualdo today announced a joint effort with Guitar Center, the nation's largest music instrument retailer, to develop D.A.D., (Drums Against Disabilities). The Project is the music industry's largest community outreach music program for children with learning disabilities.

D.A.D. features special lectures, clinics and master classes, which give music teachers the latest research on teaching children with learning disabilities. The program also features seminars for parents, to help children with disabilities develop retention, coordination, self esteem, and success in school and social settings through music. There are also hands-on clinics for children with learning disabilities, and music clinics for teenagers.

The first D.A.D. event will be held November 6, 2003, at 7:00 pm, at Guitar Center's Paramus N.J. location. Gesualdo will then start a major D.A.D. clinic tour, with dates at Guitar Center stores, schools, universities, and major music industry seminars, across the country.

Gesualdo, a drum virtuoso, has performed and recorded for various Warner Brothers, Columbia,Atlantic, RCA, and Paramount Pictures artists and special projects, members of various legendary rock bands, major record company executives, and managers.He is also the leading authority on drumming and learning disabilities for children, and recently wrote a Groundbreaking research study showing how drumming helps alleviate symptoms of learning disabilities in children.The study was published in a major research Journal. He has been nominated to Who's Who in America, and has been featured on MTV, VH-1, CNN, and other major media. Various celebrities, politicians, and major corporations such as WWE superstars The Rock, Chris Jerchio, and Hurricane, Governor Jim McGreevey, All-Star Baseball MVP Bernie Williams of the NY Yankees, and DR.Workman among others, endorse Gesualdo's research and music education programs.

For more information, please contact Iceberg Entertainment at 973-725-5150.